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Cleaning a registry? Why should you do that?
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 Just wait until your computer slows down,.. and no defragmenting, virus- and malwarescanning or any other intervention seems to help.
Clean up that registry and your machine will run as new... in theory!
Take one advice: Manual registry cleaning is not for dummies! So,.. not for you,.. neither for me.
What to do?
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In the old days I used - like many - old faithfull Registry Cleaner. A fine piece of freeware! I still have version 4.3 running on one of my older pc’s and it still does a brilliant job. But it’s no longer available.
Download a 30 days (fully functional) trial version of it’s successor (set of 3 tools):
jv 16 PowerTools (4.5/5). (payware - fully functional trial)
This will do the job perfectly and help you boost your system to it’s original potential!
You can also download from the same software developper the 30 days (fully functional) trial version of the stand-alone registry cleaner RegSupreme(4.5/5) (= Less expensive for a registered version). It still looks and feels like the old Registry Cleaner,... but does an even better job!
Be aware... always setup the software to make a back-up copy of your registry,... just in case! And use it at your own risk! If you’re not at ease,... do get professional help! They’ll run the same software and ask you more than what it takes to purchase a fully functional version!
http://www.macecraft.com
PS: Nondisputandum did not subscribe to Macecrafts partner program. No gain, no pain!
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Monitor & protect your Registry
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Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3-up (5/5) has included a monitoring tool that runs transparently and will warn you when an important key or entry in your registry is added or changed. It will blacklist potentially dangerous processes.
... more about Spybot (spyware tracker)
Erunt (4/5)
Auto registry backup & reinstall
StartupMonitor (4/5)
Runs transparently and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup, prevents from registering themselves and acts as a security tool against trojans.
Registry Prot (4/5)
A standalone, compact, low-level realtime registry monitor. Will alert whenever a key is added or changed, and then give the option of accepting the key change, reverting back to the original key setting, or deleting the key. Acts as trojan detection.
BHODemon (5/5)
Internet Explorer allows Browser Helper Objects to install themselves without your permission. Some of them are extremely harmfull, even viral. Use BHODemon to check your registry and look at & manage the BHOs that are installed. (see also: anti-spyware page)
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LSP Fix internet access:
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Before you do anything else,... run LSPFix:
www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm (5/5)
<Author> A free utility to repair a specific type of problem associated with certain Internet software. This type of software is known as a Layered Service Provider or LSP, a piece of software that can be inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler like a link in a chain. However, due to bugs in the LSP software or deletion of the software, this chain can get broken, rendering the user unable to access the Internet.<Author>
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Other cleaning tools
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BeClean (5/5)
Cleans registry, internet traces, history, temp, broken links in start menu and on desktop, recycle bin, computer drives & custom files.
RegClean (4.5/5)
This Registry Cleaner from TweakNow.com does a fine & secure job. It is very simple to use and it has some options to tune the cleaning. It is part of PowerPack (payware) but RegClean alone is free for non-commercial use. It is capable to mark what is unsafe to delete.
Crap Cleaner (4/5)
Cleans registry, internet traces, history, temp, etcetera... allows you to keep cookies,... scans within Spybot S&D: I disabled that option, lets you uninstall a program and runs very fast.
Index.dat suite (4/5)
Allows you not only to delete the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history, but it also allows you to view the index.dat files on your system.
(Advanced users.)
RegSeeker (4/5)
Manage registry items. Search registry by keyword. Clean registry. (Advanced users.)
System Security Clean (4.5/5)
Internet tracks, junk files, cookies, index.dat, typed url, temp, custom folder. + Vieuw & stop startup progs.
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Other utilities & help
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PC Pitstop (4/5)
Test the entire system performance, internet speed, disk health and check for Active X & Gator.
Works preferable with Internet Explorer but also with Mozilla and Opera after installing a plug-in named Neptune. But... they ask you to turn off the firewall. I did the anonimous test,... worked fine. They also try to sell you some product,... but all works fine even if you decide not to buy anything. Oh,... yea. They also check for virussen & spyware.
MoveOnBoot (4/5) (ONLY EXPERT USERS)
MoveOnBoot lets you Move, Copy, Rename or Delete files on reboot before Windows can lock or alter them. (Requires restart of your system after you give MoveOnBoot instructions). This is a simple 3-step process. (Alternative download)
MoveOnBoot (stand-alone) is freeware, but also part of a payware suite: Gibin File Utilities.
What if You can not delete a file by a reboot. Windows says: file access denied, file in use error.
More information on softwarepatch.com (4/5)
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